Secrets and Spies

(Hardback)

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Prepare to go undercover and enter a world of secret missions, covert operations and classified information. Explore the history of espionage from ancient secret agents to modern-day surveillance, and read about the lives of infamous spies and their missions. Learn the language of spies and how to read codes and ciphers, then ask yourself the all-important question could you be a spy An exploration of a hugely popular subject by the author of the best-selling Horrible Geography series.

Author Bio

AnitaGaneri is an award-winning author of childrens information books, including the best-selling Horrible Geography series (Scholastic Childrens Book). In 2009, she won the Blue Peter Best Book with Facts Award for the title Planet in Peril. She loved researching and writing Secrets and Spies, although she doesnt think that the world of espionage is really for her, as shed probably get her aliases mixed up.

• Adopting a narrative-driven style, award winning illustrator Luke Brookes extensive portfolio has developed from a love for telling stories. His use of dramatic lighting and a restricted colour palette gives rise to vivid, graphic compositions that boast an atmospheric and energetic aesthetic. Luke lives in a small market town in Staffordshire, with his wife Becky, 2 boys, George and Henry and his scruffy dog Rufus.